which Behringer pedals don't suck tone?

j_nition · #1 12-26-2009, 03:03 PM

My experience with Behringer has been 3 strikes in a row so far.

-first was an Echo MAchine that was DOA from ebay
-Next was a TU-100 Tuner that was miscalibrated about a step and a half flat
-and yesterday I got a Reverb Machine (verbzilla clone) for christmas and it sucks tone like crazy.

I would normally be just fine with swearing the whole line off but it looks like the ebay merchant my wife bought this last one from will only do returns on exchange and he only carries...of course Behringer pedals!

Any advice on which ones will give me a clean buffered bypass tone without sucking bass or highs? Interested in a delay or maybe a Fuzz.

Govier966 · #2 12-26-2009, 03:06 PM

I don't know but I dont recommend the distortion sounds like an am radio!

MrTAteMyBalls · #3 12-26-2009, 03:24 PM

i have the echo machine, and I really like it. i havent used it for bass but for guitar it can make some beautiful analogue/tape-like sounds. I like it a lot better than the boss dd-5 i had for many years. The bypass is pretty clean also. Not the best i've heard...but usable for sure. I'd recommend trying to get an echo machine that works.

BassLife77 · #4 12-26-2009, 03:24 PM

I would avoid Behringer at all costs. the reason the price is so low is because everything used to make it is cheap, including the labor. even if you find a pedal that sounds decent it will only last until the warranty expires. disposable junk.

AleemRadunzel · #5 12-26-2009, 03:42 PM

i cant say enough good thangs about the Vb2 clone nore the slow gear!

Higgins666 · #6 12-26-2009, 03:53 PM

I've heard some good things about the BDI21

j_nition · #7 12-26-2009, 04:23 PM

thanks guys...I am interested in the echo machine since I used to have a line6 echopark and LOVED the washy regeneration of the tape delay setting. I'm a little worried that since the buffer is so bad on the verbzilla clone that it will be the same on the EM but you say its clean so I'll take that into consideration.

thanks Higgins, I have a Tech21 Programmable Bass Driver already so no beating the real thing there.

Govier966 · #8 12-26-2009, 04:27 PM

oh and ive heard good things about this: http://www.pssl.com/!EYMMr0ZAfLp2Bo3...DI-box-Pedal-s

ironrat · #9 12-26-2009, 04:37 PM

the tuner TU-300

SBassman · #10 12-26-2009, 04:42 PM

The bass DI is - excellent.

Pilgrim · #11 12-26-2009, 04:42 PM

I have both the Behringer DR100 Reverb pedal (very nice pedal) and their DI21 direct interface. I've never noticed any effect on tone from either one.

behemoth · #12 12-26-2009, 04:44 PM

I bought a BLE-100 just for fun (at 10 Euros it was a no brainer) and besides the well known mechanical "qualities" it does its job quite well (my go to comp is a FEA) - a little noisier but neutral and no tone sucking. I guess no one would like to take these plastic boxes on stage nevertheless...

Bassmike62 · #13 12-26-2009, 06:16 PM

There are 3 major stores up here and all 3 carry the line. For one store, the distribution contract ends Dec 31 and they're not renewing. For the 2 others, no salesman I spoke to dare recommend those pedals. Tried one (one of the acoustic pedals) just to see. Saw nothing.

stratovani · #14 12-26-2009, 07:09 PM

I've had the Behringer EQ and Compressor on my guitar pedalboard for a few years now and I've never had even the remotest hint of a problem with them. For one thing they're always on, so I'm not stomping on them, and I've never noticed any tone suck out of them. I think they're fairly robust, considering they're ABS plastic, but I wouldn't stomp on them with army boots on a regular basis. If you need pedals you need to turn on and off all the time like a distortion pedal, then IMHO you're probably better off with a Boss or DigiTech pedal.

rodl2005 · #15 12-26-2009, 07:14 PM

IMO- just try another of the one U originally wanted- U should be able to get ONE that works properly. I've had 3 or 4 of the Behr. FX pedals & all worked at they should. The BDI21 was the only one I kept...... till I got a Tech 21 real one....
I've heard the Tuner to be good & no tone suck.

Marton · #16 12-26-2009, 07:25 PM

I had an A/B box that was fine.

bigchiefbc · #17 12-26-2009, 07:31 PM

Man, people just cartwheeling out of the woodwork to bash Behringer. Amazing. Simmer down, people.

I own 3 behringer pedals and one of their Xenyx mixers, and I think they all sound great. The bypass seems to be about the same on all of them to me, but I don't find them to suck any more tone in bypass than Boss's buffer.

As for the other stuff people said, yes, they feel flimsy with the plastic case, but in truth none have ever failed on me. And they're no flimsier than that small plastic danelectro series, which no one ever bashes. And this is not just the justifications of a cheapskate. I own several pedals that cost multiple hundreds of dollars, and I don't feel weird putting them on the same board as my Behringers.

Right now I'm rockin the BDI21 (bddi clone), CC300 (boss dc2 clone), and the BSY600 (boss syb5 clone)

j_nition · #18 12-26-2009, 10:08 PM

I dont have a problem with the housings or the stigma they seem to have attracted.

Apparently I have come across a few duds and I'm just out to find one that I can actually get some use out of since I basically am stuck with the equivalent to a Behringer Gift Card.

Now if I could come across one of these that actually had a buffer similar in quality to Boss, I'd be all about it.

bigchiefbc · #19 12-26-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j_nition

I dont have a problem with the housings or the stigma they seem to have attracted.

Apparently I have come across a few duds and I'm just out to find one that I can actually get some use out of since I basically am stuck with the equivalent to a Behringer Gift Card.

Now if I could come across one of these that actually had a buffer similar in quality to Boss, I'd be all about it.

The three I mentioned IME all have buffers comparable to Boss, including one of them that I A/B'ed (the BSY vs the SYB), and heard no discernible difference in bypass tone.

fightthepower · #20 12-26-2009, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

Man, people just cartwheeling out of the woodwork to bash Behringer. Amazing. Simmer down, people.

I own 3 behringer pedals and one of their Xenyx mixers, and I think they all sound great. The bypass seems to be about the same on all of them to me, but I don't find them to suck any more tone in bypass than Boss's buffer.

As for the other stuff people said, yes, they feel flimsy with the plastic case, but in truth none have ever failed on me. And they're no flimsier than that small plastic danelectro series, which no one ever bashes. And this is not just the justifications of a cheapskate. I own several pedals that cost multiple hundreds of dollars, and I don't feel weird putting them on the same board as my Behringers.

Right now I'm rockin the BDI21 (bddi clone), CC300 (boss dc2 clone), and the BSY600 (boss syb5 clone)

Haha... simmer down yourself!

Not really any bashing going on here...

Yes they're flimsy and cheap, the plastic stuff at least; they may not have failed you, but admittedly you wouldn't stomp them like some other effects.. Other than that they're pretty much on par with the stuff they copy-- most of the effects have an OK buffer (ie Boss), some like 'em, some don't. The metal gear that they sell has all been pretty solid in my experience.